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NBA Finals - Lakers beat Celtics 4-3

Ridders

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What I admire alot about Perkins, which you guys have touched on, is that he has such a strong base, which contributes to him being such a good defender against bigs. It's very hard to establish good post position against him, which Shaq and Howard found out in previous series.
 

Tiger Hawk

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One thing I'd almost forgotten about is Atlanta's former number 5 pick Shelden Williams will be suiting up in an NBA Finals. Who would've thought it after watching him those first couple of years.

I still remember watching Williams at Duke and then hearing that the Hawks had promised to take him at 5 and thinking "WHAT FOR!!!" Kudos to him though, he kept his head down and kept working and whilst he'll never justify that number 5 pick, he's in a position that a lot of great players have never been in.

And, he is another legit banger the Celtics can throw in if needed. They probably lack the scoring punch that Powe brought off the bench among their big men stocks in 2008, but with Wallace, Davis & Williams, to go with Perkins & KG, that's a deep and versatile front-line. On the other hand, if Bynum is a bit gimpy or two of the Laker bigs get into foul trouble, they can only call up Powell or Mbenga - too guys that haven't seen a lot of minutes and are fairly limited.

It's probably the only area that I'd say the Celtics have a clear advantage - front-line depth.
 

The Dodger

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I will be recording it and watching it tomorrow night.

I saw that all the games are during the week as well.

Hate work.
 

ByRd

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I will be recording it and watching it tomorrow night.

I saw that all the games are during the week as well.

Hate work.
Thats the best thing about being a uni student and having casual work lol im making sure im free to watch all the games
 

Ridders

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I don't know why, but Paul Pierce always makes me lol.

Starting to get a bit worried atm. Media are already beginning to annoint Kobe even before the series has started, just like they did in 2008.
 
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Tiger Hawk

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It's going to be interesting to see whether Kobe can keep going - he's on such an offensive tear at the minute, his jumper is just falling so beautifully, so he's almost obliged to keep hoisting those difficult shots. The law of averages would suggest that he'll start missing the majority of those shots eventually, but whilst he's hitting them, keep taking them. Of course, Boston won't complain if he's launching 20 foot contested shots off the dribble.
 

Ridders

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That's what I'm most worried about. As you said the %s eventually have to balance out and the average %s for long contested 2s are alot lower than what Kobe is shooting atm
 

Ridders

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I hate all this legacy talk before the series. Talk about the damn game! We can worry about legacies when the action is over.
 

Ridders

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Lol wtf Ron Ron and Pierce already getting physical

Double techincal called. Man I hate that
 

Ridders

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Refs calling alot of fouls on both teams. Ray Ray, Fisher and Artest all with two fouls in the first quarter. Kobe's been pretty good at spreading it around.

Lol Tony Allen with 3 fouls in 5 minutes. Come on refs. Let them play!
 
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Ridders

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Bynum is doing some serious work.

Man these refs are calling it tight. So many fouls on both teams.
 
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